Packing for journal boxes and the like



Aug. 30, 1949. Q F, SCHNUCK 2,480,513

PACKING FOR JOURNAL BOXES AND THE LIKE Filed Feb. 27, 1945 Patented Aug. 30, 1949 PAGKIN G FOR JOURNAL BOXES THE LIKE CarlF. Schnuck, New Haven,Conn.,..assignor.fto

Farrel-Birmingham Company, 1110.; Conn, acorporation of Connecticut Application February 27, 1945,-,SerialNoa57 880 '6 Claims. (01. 286-:5)

This invention relates to-seal ing rings, and more particularly to an oil sea ing ring to beapplied to journal boxes for rotors such as mill rolls, for example-although, in certainof its aspects, the inventionmay be applicable to, sealing rings for rotating shaftsof other types;

Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the past in preventing the escape of oil about the bearings of a rotating roll or shaft, and this is particularly true in connection with heavy machinery wherein thenecks or journals of the rolls are subjected to an oil bath. In such a case, there is nearly always a leakage of oil about the neck of the roll when the latter is flood-lubricated as is desirable with devices of this type.

Also, such rings are usually hard to install and particularly are difiicult to replace. They usually encircle the roll shaft or vneck and, hence, to insert them, it is necessary to take .down the machine so that they may he slipped over the end of the neck- It is contemplated by the present invention to overcome the disadvantages above referred to and provide a sealing ring which will effectively prevent the escape of oil about a shaft. Also, it is contemplated that the rings of the types illustrated in the present application may be made in sections or parts, and thus may .be. installed without a major takedown operation of the machine in that a worn or used ring may be removed and a new ring installed while the shaft is in place.

It is also contemplated by thepresent invention that the sealingv ring be so constructed that it may effectively seal the oil chamber about the bearing neck or roll even though the latter may be subject to movement in its bearing. As is sometimes the case, for example, in a mill roll, the roll will assume a different position during operation then assumed when it .is at rest :and there is no work or material between the roll in question and its mate.

One object of the .invention is to provide a new and improved oil sealing ring forrotors.

A still further object of the invention is. to

provide an oil sealing or packing ring for the journal boxes of rotors such that the journal boxes will be effectively sealed against theescape of oil and, at the same time, the ring or .seal may be so constructed that it may be readily applied without removing the roll or rotor from its bearing.

To these and other ends the invention consists in the novel features, and CombinatiOIiSDflPfiIts to be hereinafter described andclaimed.

. 12 In i ea s=emnan q flrawiw Fig. 1 is a fragmentary sectionalyiewof oneof t Journa boxes-9 ami 10 i ustr n -.1 im o k n e a ea in i th l it bei s wn nevatio ia, i -f c vie p the; maki -sea n ring, apart of .-the;.- f ront portion, thereof being broken away! 13 2-1 i a enia sc se iio alriew o on p rtion ,oi...the, sca in ,orapackingsringa the latter being shown .between.the roll an d ,a,.-part of the jour he iris. iisaview. similar t El e-delimi in im d Fig. 5 is also a view similarto l fignsshowing a' u th modificat o an Fig. 6 is assimilar "To-illustrateapreferred, embodiment of my in- .vention, I have sh v .a r 011; l-llisuchasa mill roll, for examplech, roll is ,provided with. a .beari-ngneck :l l and: .re'clucedportion 1:2. between th hadron-working partbif. the roll :and thebe'ar- .ing neck. The bearing :neck. is shown as :supported in .a journal.loox13-1.3. this box being providedmime-Cylindrical bearing ringior. liner ill surrounding thebearing neck. H.

In the formi.-ef.rnypi-nvention .illustratedin the drawing, the journa-Lloox. l3 :isprovided. with a portion l5.extendingxovertherediroed portion l2 of -the...r.oll. ;in...spaiced. relation. thereto, i and providing betweenthis; portion of. the. ;journa1...loox and ;the.;portion t2 iofsthe roll anannular space sorrecessajligwhioh would "normally contain oil or. lubricant resulting from. flood .'lubrication of theibearinglneckl I.

;.-Betweemthe.;pontion dfisof thejourna-lbox and the portion l2 of the roll, sealing :or packing ring is provided, "this.ringlbeiiigiudesignated generally ,ioy .the., m 1meral l 7., .Land. ith'e. invention. ofv the present ...application is concerned particularly with the construction Df fihiid ring;

of, the,ring shown in- Big, 5 showing the pa tsinadiEerent position;

3 staggered with respect to those of the other ring portion, so that when the front and rear members I8 and iii are secured together, a complete ring will be formed.

The inner surfaces of the members l8 and I3 are beveled as shown at 21, and these two portions of the ring are secured together by studs 28 threaded into one of the sections l8 and passing loosely through the other section IS. A nut 29 on the projecting end of the stud 28 acts upon a compression spring 30 which lies between the nut and the member l9 so as to urge the members toward each other to compress the packin rings 20. Thus the spring 30 will exert constant pressure upon the outer or front ring section 19 to compress the packings and urge one thereof toward the roll and the other thereof toward the journal box. Tightening the nut 29, as will be obvious, increases the pressure of the rings upon the packing and urges the latter into close contact with the adjacent members to form a tight and effective seal.

It will also be apparent that with the elements (8 and I9 being made in sections, they may be removed from the roll without dismantling the machine or removing the bearing neck from the journal and also a new rin may be put into place with facility, thus greatly reducing the labor of replacing one of the seals as compared to that which would be necessary if the elements l8 and I9 were each formed as an integral circular member. With the packing rings 20 being compressed, as shown between the front and rear portions or ring sections l8 and I9, an efiective oil seal will result.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings, I have shown a modified form of my invention in. which the packing or sealing ring is composed of front and rear sections 18* and i9, these sections being dished or displaced inwardly at their central portions as shown at 3i to provide outwardly flaring seats or recesses for the packing material 20 which, it will be obvious, efiects the same result as the bevel portions 2'! of the elements l8 and I9. In this form of my invention a stud 32 may be secured to the ring [8 and threadingly receive upon its end a nut 33 to compress the sections it and I9 upon the packing material 20.

The material of which the sections 18 and I 9* is formed may be slightly resilient so as to effect continued spring pressure upon the packing ma terial in a manner similar to that of the spring shown in'Fig. 3. It will also be understood that the elements I8 and 19 will be made in sections as described in' connection with the members l8 and H! so that they may be conveniently put into place without disassembling the parts of the machine.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawing, I have shown another form of my invention in which the'front and rear portions 34 and 35 of the sealing ring are roughly Z-shaped in cross section and present upwardly and downwardly flaring pockets or recesses to receive the packing material 20, which recesses will be ofiset from each other with respect to a plane transverse to the axis of the roll. A stud 3B is secured to the element 34 and passes loosely through the element 35 where it threadingly receives a nut 31 upon its extended end to compress the portions 34 and 35 upon the packing material 20 and force the latter into tight contact with the journal box and shaft.

It sometimes occurs that in the case of mill rolls, for example, the journal or hearing neck I I will lie at the bottom of the journal box when lot aesasia the roll is at rest, but, when the machine is in operation, the roll neck or journal will be elevated and occupy a higher position. The sealing ring shown in Figs. 5 and 6 may adjust itself to these positions by reason of its shape. Pressure upon the upper and lower packing elements 20 will efiect a turning moment of the inner and outer portions of the ring about the central portion due to the fact that one end of the ring is ofiset from that of the other. Thus the ring is shown in Fig. 5 in the position which it occupies when the roll journal is in an elevated position with respect to the journal boxes as is the case when the mill is in operation, while in Fig. 6 of the drawing the sealing ring is shown in the position assumed by it when the mill is at rest and the roll journal lies at the bottom of the box. Thus the ring itself may be distorted slightly by pressure on the opposite oilset ends thereof and it is not necessary to depend entirely upon the packing to compensate for the diiference in the positions of the roll journal in order to effect a tight seal in both positions. It will be understood that the members 34 and 35 are slightly resilient so that when the roll rises from the position shown in Fig. 6, the ring will expand and again assume the position shown in Fig. 5.

The packing material or gasket on the outer side of the sealing ring, i. e. that side adjacent the journal box, may be made of some oil-resistant resilient material as, for example, a synthetic rubber-like substance such as neoprene. The packing 29 on the inside of the ring will preferably be made of some resilient oil-resistant material suitable for contact with the rotating shaft. The pressure of the annular inner and outer members of the ring on the packings will serve to force them outwardly in contact with the journal box upon the outer side and with the rotating member on the inner side.

While I have shown and described some preferred embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that it is not to be limited to all of the details shown, but is capable of modification and variation within the spirit of the invention and within the scope of the claims.

What I claim is:

1. A sealing ring for shaft bearings or the like, said ring comprising a pair of opposed circular members, means extending between said members intermediate the inner and outer edges thereof to hold them in spaced relation, means providing an outwardly flaring annular pocket between said members to receive a ring of packing material, each of said members being formed in arcuate sections, the sections of one member spanning the joints between the sections of the other member whereby the sections of each member are secured together by the first-named securing means, and said members being yieldable in a direction away from each other under pressure on the packing ring.

therebetween, rings of packing material in said pockets, one of said pockets being offset from the other with respect to a plane transverse to the axis of said members, and means for securing said members together in spaced relation to clamp the packing rings in said pockets.

4. A sealing ring for the journals of mill rolls or the like, said ring comprising a pair of spacedapart resilient annular members presenting inner and outer, oppositely facing, annular pockets therebetween, rings of packing material in said pockets, said pockets being spaced apart along the axis of the roll journal whereby pressure on said packing rings will tend to produce a turning moment about a point in the sealing ring intermediate said pockets, and means disposed between the packing rings to secure said members together.

5. A sealing ring for the journals of mill rolls or the like, said ring comprising a pair of spacedapart resilient annular members presenting inner and outer, oppositely facing, annular pockets therebetween, rings of packing material in said pockets, each of said members being of Z-shaped formation in cross section whereby the pockets Will be spaced along the roll axis when the sealing ring is in operative position, and means securing said members together.

6. A sealing ring for the journals of mill rolls 6 or the like, said ring comprising a pair of spacedapart resilient annular members presenting inner and outer, oppositely facing, annular pockets therebetween, rings of packing material in said pockets, said pockets being offset relatively to the axis of the ring whereby pressure on the packing rings in opposite directions will produce a turning moment of one packing ring about the other, and means securing said members together.

CARL F. SCHNUCK.

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